Grover Norquist Backing Statehood for Puerto Rico
Press conference scheduled for next week
Anti-higher taxes activist Grover Norquist is joining an effort to convince conservatives to support statehood for Puerto Rico.
Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, is scheduled to appear at a press conference with Luis Fortuno, the former Republican governor of Puerto Rico, in Washington to push statehood for the territory next week.
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The new voters will add thousands of votes for the republican party ;(